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| author | dan <dan@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-08-29 00:25:34 +0000 |
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| committer | dan <dan@pkgsrc.org> | 2003-08-29 00:25:34 +0000 |
| commit | e6cb91e745717b46db3cb16392aa8e3996c8c5c3 (patch) | |
| tree | aed086c20b84fd97dc8ba0b675f41ccb3079b3f6 /security/bitstir/DESCR | |
| parent | b642ec70f984de257d2a920f6cf3b304321b83d9 (diff) | |
| download | pkgsrc-e6cb91e745717b46db3cb16392aa8e3996c8c5c3.tar.gz | |
bitstir monitors rnd(4) for low entropy and uses find(1) to solicit more.
program and pkg from Peter Hendrickson <pdh@wiredyne.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'security/bitstir/DESCR')
| -rw-r--r-- | security/bitstir/DESCR | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/security/bitstir/DESCR b/security/bitstir/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..26b801f31b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/security/bitstir/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Bitstir monitors the level of entropy available from /dev/random and +generates disk activity to automatically restore this level when it +gets low. Programs which block when entropy runs out are delayed only +momentarily if at all. + +Bitstir was written by Peter Hendrickson <pdh@wiredyne.com>. There +is a page at http://www.wiredyne.com/software/bitstir.html. |